Top 10 Reasons Why we Chose Homeschool...Again
Yes, it is true. For the third time in my sons' short educational careers we have restarted homeschooling. I wrote this little piece a few weeks ago after a day that I thought I may have made the worst mistake of my life. (Not really...but sort of). Instead of immediately re-enrolling them in public school I used a little writing therapy to talk myself back from the edge!
10) I love to listen to my kids sweet voices all day long,
especially when they are whining at me and limp noodling out of their seats
exclaiming that “it is Too Hard!” …to copy 5 words off the white board.
9) I don’t think any other adult should get more time with
my children than I do, especially time to torture them with pesky little things
like learning to write legibly.
8) I relish opportunities to teach physics, like when my
sons decide to throw their swim bags from the second story to the hard floor
below. (Why be bothered with carrying it down with you?) The exploding shampoo
bottle in that bag is just the object lesson I was waiting for the explain
force, gravity, impact and a mom losing her ever-loving-mind!
7) There is nothing like constant interruptions when trying
to teach. If one of my three sons for some odd reason fails to do his part, the
dog likes to help by vomiting repeatedly throughout the day.
6) I think every parent should practice a well versed script
on why they chose the education they did for their kids. Signing up for homeschool gives you the opportunity to parrot your response over and over and over
and over again.
5) My whole world revolves around my kids and I can’t think
of ANYTHING else to do with my time …like drink a cup of coffee while it is
still hot.
4) i kan’t rememburrr anyting I lerned in publik skool so I whant
to relern it. Espzially spalling caz itz impartent.
3) Preparing one meal a day for my whole family isn’t
enough. Getting to prepare three meals and a zillion snacks a day is much more satisfying.
Not to mention all the extra dishes that pile up for these multiple feastings.
2) I want my children to know for sure and for certain they
owe everything to me, not just their lives but everything they know.
1) I hate having any time to myself to complete a thought,
write an email or carry on a conversation on the phone with an adult. And I get
lonely when I’m in the bathroom and no one is on the other side of the door
shouting “MOM!!!”
Even now I as write my son is using a lever in a very cool book we just picked up at the library to catapult a sloth onto the keyboard. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Tune in later for a post of the top 10 REAL reasons why we are homeschooling again.
